Essex Centre, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Essex Centre, Village was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,709. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.170°N, 82.825°W.
Population
In 1891, Essex Centre, Village had a population of 1,709: 880 male and 829 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Colchester N, 1881 (1.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Essex Centre, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.90 |
| FAM NO | 347 |
| Number of families | 347 |
| Number of females | 829 |
| Number of males | 880 |
| Number of married females | 318 |
| Number of married males | 318 |
| Number of married persons | 636 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 55 |
| POP F | 829 |
| POP M | 880 |
| POP TOT | 1,709 |
| Total population | 1,709 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 476 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 542 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,018 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 23 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,686 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 333 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 43 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 290 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 93 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 36 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 240 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 192 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 333 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 58 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 25 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 65 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 110 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 363 |
| Acres of hay crops | 144 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 538 |
| Acres of land in farms | 538 |
| Acres of oats | 164 |
| Acres of potatoes | 32 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 57 |
| BAR AC | 25 |
| BAR BU | 472 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 472 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 234 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 9,278 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,429 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 197 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,265 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 529 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 776 |
| BWT BU | 67 |
| CRN BU | 9,278 |
| HAY AC | 144 |
| HAY TONS | 184 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 186 |
| Number of chickens | 1,692 |
| Number of ducks | 44 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 46 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 66 |
| Number of geese | 24 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 33 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 250 |
| Number of milk cows | 180 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 112 |
| Number of other cattle | 89 |
| Number of other fowl | 32 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 101 |
| Number of sheep | 75 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 165 |
| Number of swine | 210 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 534 |
| OAT AC | 164 |
| OAT BU | 4,429 |
| PEA BU | 197 |
| POT AC | 32 |
| POT BU | 2,265 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 343 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 24,136 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 184 |
| WHT AC | 57 |
| WHT FALL BU | 776 |
| WHT SP BU | 84 |
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 11 50 | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BEN BU | 234 |
| BUTTER LB | 24,136 |
| CATTLE KS | 186 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 476 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 542 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,018 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 343 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 33 |
| DUCKS | 44 |
| FAMILIES | 347 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.90 |
| FRN CA | 23 |
| GEESE | 24 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,692 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 250 |
| HOUSES | 333 |
| HOUSES B | 43 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 36 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 46 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 35 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 93 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 192 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 240 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 58 |
| HOUSES W | 290 |
| INF 11 A | 101 |
| MD FEM | 318 |
| MD MALE | 318 |
| MD TOT | 636 |
| MILK COWS | 180 |
| NAME CD | Essex, South—Sud |
| OC F | 66 |
| OC P | 46 |
| OC TOT | 112 |
| OTHER FOWL | 32 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 89 |
| OTHERS | 1,686 |
| SHEEP | 75 |
| SHEEP KS | 165 |
| SUP AM | 538 |
| SUP JV | 65 |
| SUP PAT | 110 |
| SUP SC | 363 |
| SUP TOT | 538 |
| SWINE | 210 |
| SWINE KS | 534 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 333 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 529 |
| WID FEM | 35 |
| WID MALE | 20 |
| WID TOT | 55 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON063005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON063005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Essex Centre, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/essex-centre-village-on063005-1891/.